October 2004
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Fulbright success
Wheaton students won seven elite national scholarships earlier this year, including three Fulbright awards for study abroad during 2004-2005. The U.S. Department of State recently released the official list of student Fulbright Scholars for this year, and Wheaton is among the baccalaureate colleges with the highest number of students receiving the honor. (More)
A 'voyage of understanding'
Myles Matteson '06 took part in a 12-day sail off Europe this fall aboard the tall ship Prince William through the "Voyage of Understanding" program, sponsored by the Tall Ships Youth Trust and Encompass—The Daniel Braden Reconciliation Trust. The political science major from Epsom, N.H., joined a 48-member multinational crew that sailed the nearly 200-foot ship from England to France and Belgium and back again. Along the way, the students shared many frank discussions about their cultural differences. "The bonds and trust that sailing has given to us has allowed us to open up and talk about things that might be uncomfortable in other contexts," Matteson wrote in his contribution to the sailors' log. Read the crew's full account online.
President's inauguration set for April 2005
Save the dates - April 15-17, 2005 - and plan to join us on campus as Wheaton inaugurates its new president, Ronald A. Crutcher. The celebration will coincide with Wheaton's annual Academic Festival and will feature student-centered projects, the return to campus of several past presidents and a concert by the internationally renowned vocal ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock. Look for more information soon on the Web and in the Wheaton Quarterly.
Wheaton Friends of Art: Unknown Treasures of Prague
Wheaton College and the Friends of Art will travel to Prague in March for its second annual art tour. Led by art historians Nancy Hirschland Ramage '63 and her brother, Ed Hirschland, "The Unknown Treasures of Prague" will take travelers through an Old World city "filled with magnificent architecture as well as fine museums and endlessly charming streets and restaurants," said Ed Hirschland. The tour will focus on the city but will also include daytrips to nearby castles, medieval towns and icons of modernist architecture as well as to museums of Dresden, Germany. Tour dates are Friday, March 5, to Sunday, March 13, 2005. For more information, contact Ed Hirschland at (312) 201-1111.
On the Web
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Wheaton on your desktop
Put your connection to Wheaton on display, on your computer desktop. Take a look at this aerial view of the Wheaton campus, shot from on high in 2003 and sized to fit the proportions of standard computer monitors. Download it here and enjoy autumn at Wheaton all year long.
Photo of the Month
Daydreaming
Cats love to bask in the sun, and the Wheaton Lyon is no exception. (View photograph.)
Athletics
Champs again
The women's soccer team, ranked number one in the nation, clinched its sixth straight regular season conference championship on October 19 with a 3-0 victory at Babson College. Extending their conference winning streak to 47 games, the Lyons have won every regular season title in the six-year history of the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference. (More)
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